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NewJeffCT

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5. OK, how would parent education compare

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 03:04 PM

Jan 2014

to parent income levels? Would two parents that are teacher's and both with master's degrees in education do better than a family where one parent had an MBA, but the other "only" a bachelor's degree or associate's, but were much wealthier due to the MBA parent making a 6 figure salary? Is parent education more important than SES? About the same? Less?

Thanks for the detailed response!

Agree on eradicating poverty being the best thing to do.

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Education, wealth and school quality [View all] NewJeffCT Jan 2014 OP

Unfortunately those attributes are critically important, elleng Jan 2014 #1

I know wealth is important NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #2

Depends on lots of things, elleng Jan 2014 #3

A few decades ago, BEFORE high stakes testing became the norm, LWolf Jan 2014 #4

OK, how would parent education compare NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #5

The statistics don't track things that specifically. LWolf Jan 2014 #6

Thanks NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #7

Teachers make less. LWolf Jan 2014 #10

Yes, I know teachers make less NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #13

That's because teachers know about things like LWolf Jan 2014 #16

There's scant good evidence wealth is primary. Igel Jan 2014 #8

Thanks NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #9

And the regular, measurable testing gap between middle-class kids and wealthy kids? El_Johns Jan 2014 #11

Do good schools & better environments NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #12

Igel claims there's not good evidence that "wealth" is most important. But this just isn't the case. El_Johns Jan 2014 #14

When 22% of all kids in the US don't know where their next meal will come from, snot Jan 2014 #15

You're welcome NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #17